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Foodie Guide to Boston’s Chinatown
I keep running into my friend Stella in Chinatown even though we both live here in Newton so I am calling upon her expertise to help me with this guide to Chinatown in Boston. It’s a little mystifying to find the best of the best in Chinatown. We usually agree, but when we don’t, I’m going to list both options.
My kids are of a different mind. They think I am being a “Bruce Lee” by spilling Asian secrets and thereby making their favorite haunts even more crowded than they already are. There is plenty for everyone!
What makes you hesitate to go to Chinatown? Is it the bad drivers? Is the lack of parking? Is it because you don’t speak Mandarin? The drivers are terrible; this is true. We park at a lot on Tyler Street. It’s impossible to get meter parking but we manage once or twice a year to score a spot. And not everyone in Chinatown speaks Mandarin; there are hundreds of Chinese dialects so not everyone who lives there can understand each other. Your English will be fine!
Hope you venture into Chinatown. There are a lot of delicacies waiting for you there!
Best Dim Sum
China Pearl Restaurant
9 Tyler St
Boston, MA 02111Everyone I know agrees that this is the best Dim Sum in Boston. It still doesn’t compare to Dim Sum in Hong Kong, or in Chinatowns in Los Angeles or San Francisco though so don’t get your hopes up too high. Still, their Har Gao is as good as any in the world.
Go before 11am on the weekend or expect to wait in line.
Best Soup Dumplings
Gourmet Dumpling House
52 Beach St
Boston, MA 02111
There’s usually a line out the door for dumplings so your best bet is to call ahead and pick up. Or do what we do. We order the soup dumplings when we are seated for Dim Sum (but before we start eating), then we pick them up on our way out for an afternoon snack.
Best Asian “Starbucks”
Tea Do
8 Tyler St
Boston, MA 02111
Stella turned us on to this contemporary tea house and my kids like their smoothies and bubble tea. Their Japanese snacks are great too! This is a popular hangout for teens in the area and stocked with board games so you can hang out while sipping your drink! This is a de rigeur stop for us when we come to Chinatown for Dim Sum!
Best Cantonese Seafood
We have a split decision. I have been going to Peach Farm for more than 10 years and therefore haven’t tried anything new since finding it. Stella likes Jade Garden and she’s Cantonese!
Peach Farm
4 Tyler St
Boston, MA 02111
Try the Salt and Pepper Squid. We order it half squid and half beef with bone. I like their ginger and scallion lobster too. Even our kids will eat the shrimp — that’s live from the tank (with the heads on), then steamed and served with sauce. Our kids like the sauce that isn’t spicy.
Jade Garden
20 Tyler St
Boston, MA 02111
Best Chinese Cake Bakery
101 Bakery
56 Beach St
Boston, MA 02111
My kids like their sponge cakes; a piece with just a thin layer of frosting in between.
Best Chinese Pastry Bakery
Hing Shing Pastry
67 Beach St
Boston, MA 02111
They make Moon Cakes when it’s that time of year but no one I know actually likes Moon Cakes as they are very dense and sweet. They are made of sweetened bean puree. Instead, try the sponge cake in the paper cones. I also like their beef curry pies, apple turnovers and their version of Pigs in the Blanket. They have Chinese specialities too like pork buns (baked not steamed), and sticky rice wrapped in leaves.
Best Roasted Meat Shop
Hong Kong Eatery
79 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
The restaurant is always busy but I’ve never eaten there. Instead, I stand in line to order their roasted meats. My favorite is the soy sauce chicken but the salt chicken is equally popular. They have roast duck and roast pork — both Char Shui (BBQ) and suckling pig style.
Best Vietnamese Sandwich Shop
163 Vietnamese Sandwich
66 Harrison Ave
Boston, MA 02111
Even if you are full, get a sandwich to go. You won’t regret it!
What are your favorite eats in Chinatown? Please share in the comments below!
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NewTV House of Haunts
NewTV’s Annual House of Haunts event is coming up.
It’s that time of the year again when ghouls and goblins will be out looking for a scare! NewTV’s third annual House of Haunts is a free family-friendly event offering fun and games for the kids, a costume parade, and a scavenger hunt.
The event runs from 4:00pm-7:00pm on Thursday, October 29th, NewTV Studios 23 Needham Street. For more information, visit here.
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Teal Pumpkin Project for Allergy-Free Halloween
JOIN THE TEAL PUMPKIN PROJECT FOR AN ALLERGY-FREE HALLOWEEN
Choose Big Buckets of Monsters and Zombies for a Healthy Halloween Handout
Halloween is creeping around the corner and kids are gearing up to trick-or-treat. With this spook-tacular holiday comes the thrill of dressing up and collecting treats at every door. But for the 6 million children with food allergies, collecting candy is a dangerous risk. Kids affected by allergies must rifle through buckets of candy, searching for treats that they’re able to enjoy. Those with severe allergies can’t even consume candy that so much as touches an allergen.
Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) is encouraging families to participate in a new Halloween tradition: The Teal Pumpkin Project. This national campaign encourages parents to offer non-food treats for children with food allergies. Participants will mark their intent by placing a teal-colored pumpkin in their yard, informing trick-or-treaters they have non-food Halloween handouts.
Stop letting big buckets of Halloween candy haunt your home…Offer trick-or-treaters a safe and healthy treat that lasts… Big Buckets of Monsters and Zombies!
Each Big Bucket comes with 100 assorted spooky action figures- including zombies, gravestones, humans, werewolves, and even Frankenstein! With over a dozen unique sculpts… down to the poses!
Unlike the average figurine, these menacing monsters stand up on their own, and they definitely put the action in action figure. Each collection includes 12 uniquely posed pieces full of personality. The bucket of monsters includes: a freaky Frankenstein, creepy crawly spiders, howling werewolves, a clawed-at tombstone, and a monster with an appetite for arms. The assortment of zombies includes: an on-the-go zombie girl running with her teddy, creepy corpses escaping from the grave, hungry zombies munching on their brain-food, and a human with a hatchet in his head!
Give your guests a lasting treat. Hand out Big Buckets of Monsters and Zombies this Halloween!
*Big Buckets of Monsters and Zombies are non-edible and are recommended for children ages 4 and up.
Big Buckets of Monsters and Zombies are available for purchase on www.scsdirectinc.com, www.amazon.com and at specialty retailers nationwide. Retail: $19.99
Please consider including Big Buckets of Zombies/Monsters in your Halloween segments, editorials and give-aways. Product samples available upon request.
The Big Buckets line of products also includes: Animal Adventure Action Figures, Civil War Soldiers, Farm Animals, Firemen, Safari Animals; Sea Creatures and Dinosaur Skeleton figures.
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Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra FREE Concert
The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Performs FREE CONCERT In Symphony Hall
November 2, 2015 | 7:30pm | Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
Tickets: FREE and open to the public, first come first served
More information: 617-236-0999 or at www.bostonphil.orgThe Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra will perform a concert which is free and open to the public on Monday, November 2, 2015 at 7:30pm, conducted by Benjamin Zander, thanks to the ‘Free For All Concert Fund’. The November 2 program consists of Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila, Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto with violinist Ayano Ninomiya, Debussy’s La mer, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Ayano Ninomiya is an award-winning violinist who recently joined the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music and attended Harvard University and The Juilliard School. The 112 members of the BPYO range in age from 12 to 21, and are chosen through a highly-selective audition process. They reside or attend school throughout New England, and come together on Saturday afternoons for sectionals and full orchestra rehearsals at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, in Boston’s South End. The November concert is the first performance the orchestra will give since its triumphant European summer tour.
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Shawn’s Studio Free Pilates, Rowing, and Barre
Shawn’s Studio in Watertown, MA is pleased to offer free introductory fitness classes to new clients the week of October 26, 2015. What better way to try a new type of exercise or meet new teachers?
From October 26 to 31 you can sign up for a complimentary group Pilates mat, Pilates equipment, Indo-Row, Pilates Tower-Row, and barre class online here.
Go to the calendar icon to put in the date you’d like to attend and you’re on your way to a new lean, healthy body for the holidays.
Shawn’s Studio is committed to the Pilates principles that build strength with flexibility, good posture and balance, as well as a strong core that is deeper than just a six-pack. We then apply the Pilates techniques to other exercise that complements our work. Rowing is especially good full-body workout that adds an aerobic component to your routine and it’s even more powerful when we incorporate Pilates into the class. Check out our combination group classes along with the Indo-Row program.
Being a dedicated Pilates studio our instructors are fully certified by the leading international Pilates organizations. We have done far more than a weekend “certification” course, and have completed stringent apprentice programs and passed all written and physical testing.
Sign up today for a sample class and feel the difference for your self at Shawn’s Studio. For details about the studio go to: www.shawnsstudio.com.
The fine print: offer only good for anyone new to the studio and there is a limit of 2 free classes per person.
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New Philharmonia: 21st Season Opening Concerts
Francisco Noya, New Phil’s 2015-2016 Conductor and Artistic Advisor, leads the Orchestra as it kicks off the 21st season. The program opens with Arvo Pärt’s landmark “Cantus (in memory of Benjamin Britten).” Returning to the New Phil stage, BSO’s renowned Principal Second Violin Haldan Martinson performs Dvorak’s Violin Concerto, one of the great works of the repertoire, noted for its lyrical beauty and virtuosity. The program concludes with Jean Sibelius monumental Symphony No. 2.
Saturday, November 7 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday November 8 at 3:00 p.m.
Francisco Noya, conductor; Haldan Martinson, violin
Pärt: Cantus (in Memory of Benjamin Britten)
Dvorak: Violin ConcertoSibelius: Symphony No. 2
Single tickets range from $35 to $45 (Seniors: $32; students $10) are available at newphil.org or by calling (617) 527-9717.
New Phil web site url:
http://www.newphil.org/index.htm
Performance venue: First Baptist Church, 848 Beacon St, Newton Center, MA, 02159
Office address and phone
1301 Centre St, Newton, MA 02459
Ticket url and phone
https://newphil.secure.force.com/ticket
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Be Inspired at Newton Inspires
Be Inspired at Newton Inspires
Nov 9 at Newton South High School
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